Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday convened a series of meetings with senior leaders of SAD-BJP, Cabinet Ministers, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries, MlAs besides the officers of the State Government to finalise the arrangements of the foundation laying ceremony of Jang-e-Azaadi Memorial on October 12.
The landmark memorial is coming up at Kartarpur near Jalandhar at a cost of Rs200 crore over 25-acre area.
Interacting with the leaders from Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and ludhiana at Punjab Bhawan, the Chief Minister exhorted the leaders of SAD-BJP and the top brass of the Government to elicit huge participation of the people from different walks of life on this historic event.
Badal sought maximum participation of the people from across the state to acknowledge the enormous contribution made by the unsung heroes and martyrs especially from Punjab in the country’s freedom movement. He said that this memorial would showcase the unprecedented valour and commitment of our forefathers to free our motherland from the yoke of British imperialism.
The Chief Minister expressed hope that the upcoming memorial after completion would prove to be a beacon to kindle the spirit of nationalism amongst the future generations.
Badal deputed Cabinet Minister Daljit Singh Cheema and his Special Principal Secretary KJS Cheema to supervise the arrangements and ensure comfortable journey of the people arriving at venue of the function. He called upon the people to participate in this function with enthusiasm and gaiety thereby demonstrating the ethos of nationalism and patriotism on one hand and to pay befitting tributes to the great national martyrs and heroes of the national freedom struggle on the other.